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    term
    [tərm]
    noun
    term (noun) · terms (plural noun) · full term (noun) · full terms (plural noun) · term of years (noun) · term for years (plural noun) · terms of years (plural noun) · terms for years (plural noun)
    1. a word or phrase used to describe a thing or to express a concept, especially in a particular kind of language or branch of study:
      "the musical term “leitmotiv”" · "a term of abuse"
    2. a fixed or limited period for which something, e.g., office, imprisonment, or investment, lasts or is intended to last:
      "the President is elected for a single four-year term"
      • the completion of a normal length of pregnancy:
        "the pregnancy went to full term" · "low birthweight at term"
      • law
        a tenancy of a fixed period.
      • archaic
        the duration of a person's life.
      • archaic
        a boundary or limit, especially of time.
    3. each of the periods in the year, alternating with holidays or vacations, during which instruction is given in a school, college, or university, or during which a court holds sessions:
      "the summer term" · "term starts tomorrow"
    4. (terms)
      conditions under which an action may be undertaken or agreement reached; stipulated or agreed-upon requirements:
      "he could only be dealt with on his own terms" · "the union and the company agreed upon the contract's terms"
    5. mathematics
      each of the quantities in a ratio, series, or mathematical expression.
    6. architecture
      another term for terminus
    verb
    term (verb) · terms (third person present) · termed (past tense) · termed (past participle) · terming (present participle)
    1. give a descriptive name to; call by a specified name:
      "he has been termed the father of modern theology"
    Origin
    Middle English (denoting a limit in space or time, or (in the plural) limiting conditions): from Old French terme, from Latin terminus ‘end, boundary, limit’.
    term.
    [term.]
    other
    1. terminal.
    2. termination.
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    Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free! The meaning of TERM is a word or expression that has a precise meaning in some uses or is peculiar to a science, art, profession, or subject. How to use term in a sentence.
    In a similar way, a term is also a word or a group of words, especially those that belong to a specific field. For example, modifier is a grammar term used to describe a word or phrase that limits or qualifies something else. A term can also be any word or phrase.
    Its plural form, terms, can refer to a set of rules or conditions, such as the terms for repaying a loan or the terms for a truce. To term something is to name or designate something, as in Rainey termed her mother’s angry look the “Rainey Is in Trouble” look. Term can also do with time.
    1. to reach an agreement or understanding. They came to terms with the enemy. 2. to find a way of living with or tolerating (some personal trouble or difficulty). He managed to come to terms with his illness. using as a means of expression, a means of assessing value etc. He thought of everything in terms of money.
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